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That was Carlos Riego. Well, that is my yesterday of romance, for the many things
that have passed between those times and now have become dim or have gone
out of my mind. And my day before yesterday was the day on which I, ...
That was Carlos Riego. Well, that is my yesterday of romance, for the many things
that have passed between those times and now have become dim or have gone
out of my mind. And my day before yesterday was the day on which I, ...
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It was Romance ; you have no idea what it meant to me to talk to Carlos Riego.
Rooksby was kind enough. He had me over to the Priory, where I made the
acquaintance of the two maiden ladies, his second cousins, who kept house for
him.
It was Romance ; you have no idea what it meant to me to talk to Carlos Riego.
Rooksby was kind enough. He had me over to the Priory, where I made the
acquaintance of the two maiden ladies, his second cousins, who kept house for
him.
Page 7
... against -any Free Trader — never did, as a matter of fact, or not for many years,
Carlos, then, Rooksby's Spanish kinsman, had come and gone, and PART FIRST
7.
... against -any Free Trader — never did, as a matter of fact, or not for many years,
Carlos, then, Rooksby's Spanish kinsman, had come and gone, and PART FIRST
7.
Page 8
Carlos, then, Rooksby's Spanish kinsman, had come and gone, and I envied him
his going, with his air of mystery, to some far-off lawless adventures — perhaps
over there in Spain, where there were war and rebellion. Shortly afterwards ...
Carlos, then, Rooksby's Spanish kinsman, had come and gone, and I envied him
his going, with his air of mystery, to some far-off lawless adventures — perhaps
over there in Spain, where there were war and rebellion. Shortly afterwards ...
Page 9
That Castro, with his Cuba, is nothing but a blasted buccaneer . . . and Carlos is
no better. They go to Liverpool for a passage to Jamaica, and see what comes of
it! " It seems that on Liverpool docks, in the owl-light, they fell in with an elderly ...
That Castro, with his Cuba, is nothing but a blasted buccaneer . . . and Carlos is
no better. They go to Liverpool for a passage to Jamaica, and see what comes of
it! " It seems that on Liverpool docks, in the owl-light, they fell in with an elderly ...
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Page 40 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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